Gun-toting toddlers are a sick joke – it’s time to take control

stored with a lock. Just after Sandy Hook, President Obama made the case to the American public that requiring a lock on a gun is a public health issue, just like kiddy locks on pharmaceutical bottles and seatbelts.

But the well-funded and politically active National Rifle Association is having none of it. In the same week that America learned of more toddler-on-toddler gun violence, a bill that would relax restrictions on buying silencers continued to steam its way (quietly) through Congress.

According to Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus in Arizona, silencers do more than obscure the sound of gunfire – they also diminish the muzzle flash of a firearm. Both of these aspects of firearm